Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. announces that it has repurchased its own shares at the market, pursuant to the provision of Article 211-3, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Commercial Code of Japan.
With this transaction, the Company has reached the repurchase limit resolved at the Board of Directors meeting held on October 12, 2005.

1. Period in which repurchases were made From October 13 to October 25, 2005 2. Aggregate number of repurchaseable shares 2,053,000 shares 3. Total value of shares repurchased 999,841,000 yen 4. Method of repurchase Purchased at Tokyo Stock Exchange

(Reference) Details of the resolution at the Board of Directors meeting held on October 12, 2005 (1) Type of shares Common stock (2) Aggregate number of repurchaseable shares Up to 2.1 million shares (3) Aggregate repurchase amount Up to 1 billion yen (4) Schedule to repurchase From October 13 to November 30, 2005